KOLKATA, (PTI):-  West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said Bangladeshi infiltrators detained in the state would be directly handed over to the BSF for deportation, instead of being produced before courts, in line with a new rule that came into effect in the state a day ago.

Speaking to reporters after an administrative review meeting at the Howrah district magistrate’s office, Adhikari said instructions had already been issued to the police commissioner and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) in this regard.

“Since yesterday, the new rule has come into effect under which infiltrators will not be sent to courts but handed over to BSF outposts at the Bangladesh border,” he said.